Felix

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Felix. === Noun === Felix (chess) Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the f-file in algebraic notation. === References === FIDE Laws of Chess 2023 == English == === Etymology === From Latin Fēlīx (literally “happy, lucky”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfiːlɪks/ Rhymes: -iːlɪks === Proper noun === Felix A male given name from Latin. 2005 Marc Cerasini, etc, Operation Hell Gate, HarperEntertainment, →ISBN, page 134: Had a funny first name, like Oscar or maybe - no! I remember now. It was Felix. Felix Tanner. A generic name given to a cat. A place name: A municipality in Almería province, Andalusia, Spain. A community and railway point in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada. An unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, United States. A township in Grundy County, Illinois, United States, named after Felix Grundy. A township in Grundy County, Iowa, United States, also named after Felix Grundy. ==== Related terms ==== female given names: Felicia, Felicity ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === exfil, flexi, flexi- == Cebuano == === Etymology === From Spanish Félix, from Latin Fēlīx. === Proper noun === Felix a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin] == Czech == === Etymology === Derived from Latin Fēlīx. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɛlɪks] Rhymes: -ɪks Hyphenation: Fe‧lix === Proper noun === Felix m anim a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix ==== Declension ==== == Danish == === Etymology === From Latin Fēlīx. === Proper noun === Felix a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix == Finnish == === Etymology === From Latin Fēlīx. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfe(ː)liks/, [ˈfe̞(ː)liks̠] Rhymes: -eliks === Proper noun === Felix a male given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== Felix is the 277th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,660 male individuals (and as a middle name to 926 more), and also belongs to 14 female individuals (and as a middle name to 5 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. == German == === Etymology === From Latin Fēlīx. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfeːlɪks/ Hyphenation: Fe‧lix === Proper noun === Felix a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix == Icelandic == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Fēlīx. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɛːlɪks/ IPA(key): /ˈfɛːlɪxs/ === Proper noun === Felix m (proper noun, genitive singular Felix) a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix ==== Declension ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === Foelīx (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === From fēlīx (“lucky, happy”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfeː.liːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛː.liks] === Proper noun === Fēlīx m sg (genitive Fēlīcis); third declension A cognomen, particularly of later Roman emperors. A masculine given name, particularly of alleged early Christian saints. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “Felix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Felix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Norwegian == === Etymology === From Latin Fēlīx. === Proper noun === Felix a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin Fēlīx. === Proper noun === Felix c (genitive Felix) a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix ==== Related terms ==== Felicia == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Félix, from Latin Fēlix. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈfeliks/ [ˈfɛː.lɪks] IPA(key): (with nativization) /ˈpeliks/ [ˈpɛː.lɪks] Rhymes: -eliks IPA(key): /ˈpelis/ [ˈpɛː.lɪs] (obsolete) Syllabification: Fe‧lix === Proper noun === Felix (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔) a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Felix